They go fro about 4k on my server too, what's so insane about it? I mean in a good sense or bad sense?

I make my Imperials silk for about 40g and with 4k for a bag you get about 300g per Imperial silk used, that's 250g profit. That's better then I generally do with Alchemy or something, so I'm fine with what I get. Making leg enchants with them is about the same profit, but a much more crowded market, so I stick with making bags.

They go fro about 4k on my server too, what's so insane about it? I mean in a good sense or bad sense?

I make my Imperials silk for about 40g and with 4k for a bag you get about 300g per Imperial silk used, that's 250g profit. That's better then I generally do with Alchemy or something, so I'm fine with what I get. Making leg enchants with them is about the same profit, but a much more crowded market, so I stick with making bags.

Well since I could sell them for 8-10k for about a week ago, then "insane" as in baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

Sure. Your own farm There's no good place to farm motes from what I discovered, although the Operation: Shieldwall mobs drop more motes than the average mob. Or maybe that's me being a little lucky with drops. Seriously though, the best way to get motes is to farm them. Literally.